_ 231 _ was going on behalf of the Guazil to Suleiman Rumi. Two days later he told me that he was carrying letters from the Guazil for Suleiman Rumi and that one of them was in the hand and signed by the Guazil himself. He told me that if I wanted to write to Suleiman or some Amir of his country I should do so, because he wanted to leave in three or four days. I told him to bring me the letters from the Guazil and that I would look at them and then I would write the others to go with them. He said that he agreed, after he had gone for them, I related the whole matter to Amir Mahmoud Shah. It seemed right to him that we should arrange that the letters were not sent, as we served the King of Portugal. When Sujas Adin brought me the letters, I told him to leave them with me and that the next morning I would give him mine to go with the others. He left me them and when he went away, I showed them to Amir Mahmoud Shah. Afterwards I hid them in a wall. The next day I saw Sujas Adin and he asked me for the letters. When I told him that I had lost them he began to fight and speak abusively. He sent two slaves to beat me, so that with the pain of beating I would give him his letters back. But then Amir Mahmoud Shah told me that it seemed
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